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Brassica

[Latin]

The cabbage family, covering cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts, Chinese leaves, spinach but also including kohl rabi, turnips and swedes, among many others.

Capsicum baccatum chile

[Latin] plural Capsicum baccatum chiles

A variety of green chilli which is almost flower-shaped.

chondrus

[Latin]

In Scotland, algae that are used to make traditional soups and sauces.

creopolion

/kre-oh-POH-lyohn/
[Latin]

A name for a butcher shop in ancient Rome, although kreas is the Greek for meat.

Decembris

[Latin]

December

defrutum

/deh-FROO-toom/
[Latin]

A sweet grape syrup used in place of sugar in Ancient Rome.

Delicatus

[Latin]

An intense, semisoft goat's milk cheese with an orange-brown washed rind.

Februarius

[Latin]

February

garum

[Latin]

A salty fermented spiced anchovy sauce of ancient Rome. The streets of Pompeii were said to be imbued with the overpowering smell of garum, where it was made in quantities and on which much of the wealth of the city was based. Not much different from the fish sauces of the Far East.

grecorum

/greh-KOH-room/
[Latin]

A rum and raison log covered in dark chocolate.